317, The Road to Heaven
According to the traditions of the gods of the Tianshu Continent, only the gods who have transcended immortality can guide the divine envoys in the human world, and only by becoming such a divine envoy can they have the opportunity to transcend immortality. But Amon made a change and left another way of guiding. Regardless of whether they are divine messengers or not, as long as they protect the faith left by Amun, they will naturally enter the kingdom of heaven if they cultivate their original power to the end and pass the final test, and the angels who will guide them in the kingdom of heaven will be Michael and Raphael.
This kind of change began in the city of Salem, where the priests called themselves magicians, and what they practiced was not just divine arts, but the first thing they awakened was the power of the source, but they focused on their cultivation according to the characteristics of each person.
On the day of the preaching in the Garden of Eden, Amun, in his capacity as the Lord of Eju, sent down his final oracle and revealed the secret of the Origin Power to the priests of the temples of Eju. From this day on, the path to the gods is no longer monopolized by the gods.
Those who obtain this secret and can awaken the power of the origin may not necessarily believe in Amun, and the vast majority of them will not be able to achieve great achievements at all, and there are even fewer who will eventually transcend the immortals. But Amon wasn't thinking about the problem, he just left a guide. Those who truly follow the guidance and follow Amun's promise, no matter how slim the chances, have a path to heaven before them.
On the other hand, it is not easy to awaken the power of the Origin, and even Amon himself cannot awaken it for Wendy. If people in the world don't have the opportunity to achieve great success, they may still awaken the power of bloodline or divine arts, respectively, which is no different from traditional samurai or divine magicians, which Amun can't change.
After arranging all this, Amun issued another order, that if any of the angels of the kingdom of heaven could also verify the achievements of the Lord of heaven, he would be named archangel. Then he went into the great cave in the Garden of Eden.
The cave is located in a high mountain cliff and is connected to the rest of the Garden of Eden by a sea of clouds and a rainbow bridge. When the flood broke out in the Plains of Duc, SchrΓΆdinger guided the Ark of Hades to take Amon here for the first time, where he discovered the relics left by Bell and Onni, and obtained the secret of the power of two sides.
This can be said to be the starting point of Amun's quest for enlightenment, and now the Lord of Heaven has returned to the Great Cave to cultivate alone.
If nothing unexpected happens, no one knows how long Amon will be hiding here, years, decades, centuries, even millennia, until the first archangel in his kingdom of heaven appears. And at that time, Amon must seek to verify the true divine realm of the gods. But it didn't go as Amun had hoped, and in fact he had only been in the cave for three years before he left suddenly.
Amun, who left the Garden of Eden, did not appear on earth or in heaven, but appeared in heaven. Many people in the world may not be able to distinguish the difference between heaven and heaven and think that they are the same place, but they are not. Heaven and hell are the places of hell created by Amun, where the souls of the deceased are brought in.
It's just that Amon used a means of mapping, skillfully mapping the scene of heaven in heaven, so that those souls who enter heaven can see heaven as if they are in it. But they are still only souls after passing away on earth, and have not entered into the eternal transcendent eternal life of immortality.
The two angels who guard Heaven and Hell are currently Erebi and Nergale, who are also the gods of the original Anunnaqi gods. This time, however, Amon personally greeted a soul in heaven, for the deceased was Aesop.
The Aesop he saw in heaven was not an old man, but much like the first time he was seen in the Syrian desert. The soul comes to heaven as the youngest handsome, radiant character, and makes up for all the regrets of life. If he is lame, his leg is intact, and if he is blind, he can open his eyes and see the light.
Amon smiled and said, "Old friend, you're early. β
Aesop stepped forward and saluted, "My God, it's time for me to come to you!" I don't know how to describe my gratitude, I thought it would be tragic to face the end of my life calmly, but I came here, but you greeted me!"
Amon's tone sank slightly, and he said with a little reproach: "Why don't you pray to me, I can save you." β
Aesop smiled and said, "My belief is clear, everything I do is a choice in my faith, and I don't need to ask the gods for anything. I prayed to my god until the moment I was put to death, and then I saw you, and I have no regrets in this life. β
Amon shook his head lightly and said, "Of course, the end of coming to heaven is not a regret, but what happened to you when you left the world is a regret. You are my friend, one of the most respected elders, and I should not sit idly by and watch something like that happen anyway. But during this time, for special reasons, I didn't pay attention to everything in the world, and I didn't know what happened until I heard your dying prayer. ...... Aesop, welcome to Heaven, and I'm going to Miduri, to get back what I ought to have retrieved. Your soul can stay here, or you can choose for yourself whether or not to go to earth and be reborn. β
Aesop asked, "My God, are you going to go to the Heaton Peninsula again as Amun?"
Amon nodded, "Yes, I'm going to punish the person who framed you." In my own way, this is also my break with the gods of Olympus. Medanzo and I sent you back to your hometown to fulfill your wish for a peaceful old age, but I didn't expect that you would have such an encounter in the last moments of your life. Medanzo could not have allowed such a thing to happen if he had been in Heaton, but unfortunately he had gone with Alexander. The Macedonian army had just passed through the Syrian desert, where you and I first met. β
Aesop saluted and replied, "Heaven is good, but it is not truly transcendent, and I have come here to see you, and I am still willing to choose the rebirth of the soul." But before I leave, I'd like to see what you're doing in Heaton. β
Amon nodded and said, "Then you wait in heaven, don't worry, I have to welcome another old friend." β
The "other old friend" Amon refers to is a high-spirited samurai, none other than Rod Dick, the former lord of the headland. Seeing that Rod Dick had also come to heaven, Aesop greeted him and said with a smile: "Lord of the city, I heard that you have achieved the achievement of a great samurai, it seems that you have come a little early!"
Rod Dick also smiled: "I'm not young anymore, and I have a lot of enjoyment in the world, you can come, why can't I?"
Aesop quipped, "I've heard that a great achiever can refuse Hades' offer and leave on his own, why are you still here? Are you so sure you won't go to hell?"
Rod Dick asked rhetorically, "Aesop, have I done anything sorry for you, and you want me to go to hell so much? β
Amon asked, "Rod Dick, what are you sorry about being born as the heir to the Lord of the Cape City, with great honor, and later having the achievements of a great warrior and being the envy of the world, and having been the prime minister of Eju for many years, and holding more real power than even the Pharaoh?"
Rod Dick replied, "Even so, I haven't come to heaven to see you? it's not easy to come here, I don't come directly to you, but through hell." Just before I died, you just sent down an oracle to promulgate the secret of the origin power, and I want to go and practice, but it's too late in this life, isn't it a pity?"
Amon smiled: "At least you know this path before the end of your life, it's not too much of a pity." In fact, with your foundation, even if I guided you from the beginning, I would only barely achieve great things in the end. There is no hope of passing the endless test, let alone going through the final test to transcend eternal life, it is better to be your city lord and prime minister. But Aesop was right, you didn't die on the battlefield, so you did come a little early. β
Rod Dick sighed: "Excuse me, worry about the affairs of the state, my God, don't you know? Alexander crossed the strait with the Macedonian army, and has annexed the former kingdom of Hati, and is about to approach Eju. β
Amun's expression couldn't tell whether he was happy or worried: "What else do you have to tell me?"
Rod Dick said, "Do you want me to tell you that when the soul comes to Hades, you will naturally know everything, and there are no secrets to speak of." β
Amon smiled again: "Yes, you should know that it is pointless to sigh here. When I come to heaven, I will naturally know that the army of Potz has withdrawn from the plain of Duk, that David has established the kingdom of Salem, and that Medanzo has sent you a letter with a promise from Alexander that he will come to Ajuus and call himself the son of Amun, is that so?"
Rod Dick smiled bitterly and said, "Since you know everything in a flash, you still ask me what to do? Alexander will call himself the son of Amun, and will come to Eju to sacrifice to you and rebuild the temple of Isis. O my God, when did you have such a son, and with whom did you have them?"
Aesop interjected again, "Rod Dick, when did you learn to speak like that, beware of the gods throwing you back to hell." β
Rod Dick laughed and said, "Actually, I came to heaven just to offer my soul mark of this life to the gods, and I was satisfied when I saw the gods." I will also choose the rebirth of the soul, but still want to wait in heaven to see if Alexander will be able to fulfill his promise. β
Then Angel Erebi came up to Amun and said, "My God, there are many of your old friends from hell. β
Amon waved his hand: "Then let them stay alive and well! Heaven and hell are not the final destination of the soul, but only the station for the new life, the difference is only whether they are liberated or not. ...... Aesop, Rod, it's also fate that you can meet here, let's talk slowly, I'm going to the world. β
Rod Dick's soul came to heaven because he was dying, but Aesop did not die a natural death, he was executed by order of the court of the city-state of Miduri. This tragedy is actually related to the oracle of Delphi, which represents the will of the gods of Olympus, and there are also gods behind it, which provokes Amun's anger.
The gods of Olympus, such as Aaronna, have not given up on trouble, and must force him to take the initiative to terminate his cooperation with Zeus and declare a complete break. If Alena and Apollo and others face Amon directly, no one is an opponent, but Amun has weaknesses in the world as long as he is in the world, and they have used many means, and they have been involved in Medanzo, Mu Yun, and Philip II, all of whom are related to Amon.
When Amon left the Heaton Peninsula, the Olympian gods had not stopped, and this time it was Aald, Amun's most respected elder, who was involved. Aesop's experience can't be said to be completely innocent, and the matter has to start from the beginning.
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After the assassination of Philip II, Alexander became king of Macedonia. Medanzo once accidentally said something wrong, and the young king vaguely guessed that the assassination of his father was actually related to the god Alenna, and he could not punish Arenna, but he could punish the Aaron Alliance.
Soon after taking the throne, Alexander led a large army to launch a fierce attack on the Aaronic League. Although the Aronian League was already alone, this battle would determine the survival of the city-states, so they also concentrated their greatest strength to resist. Alexander conquered the city of Thebes, which had the most stubborn resistance, sold all 30,000 of its citizens into slavery, who had always opposed Macedonia, and burned the city-state, leaving only the temple of Zeus and the residence of a bard he revered.
Such an iron-fisted approach gave considerable deterrence to the rest of the city-states of the Aaron Alliance. When Alexander's army then moved south, the city-states surrendered almost without resistance, lest they suffer the same calamity. Alexander successfully eliminated the Arronic League, and the era of partition of the city-states on the Heaton Peninsula came to an end.
When the Poz Empire heard of Philip II's assassination, they breathed a sigh of relief, believing that the greatest threat to the Heaton Peninsula had been removed, and that Alexander, who succeeded him, was more eloquent than his father. The year after the unification of the Heaton Peninsula, Alexander had already assembled an unprecedentedly large army, crossing the headland to attack the three provinces of the Potz Empire, which were also the territories of the former Hati Kingdom.
At this time, the Poz Empire was no longer the scene of Darius's time, although the territory was vast, civil strife was frequent, and the country's power was declining. Today's Poz the Great is Darius III, and the Poz Empire under his rule is far less stable and tolerant than it was in the days of Cyrus or Darius. Clashes between the various tribes of the country have occurred from time to time, and the people of the occupied areas have been brewing to break free from the slavery of the Pozzians.
The Poz Empire relied on force to suppress and maintain a fragile rule, and when it was attacked by more powerful force from the outside world, the great empire collapsed.
Alexander launched a total of eight legions, including 5,000 cavalry and more than 30,000 infantry with the Macedonian pikes phalanx as the main force, to cross the headland and attack. The Macedonian army, which regarded itself as a liberator, received a response from the local people of Harti, and went all the way to a decisive battle, finally fighting a decisive battle with the army led by Darius III the Great of Poz.
The Macedonians outflanked the flanks with cavalry, and the phalanx of spears advanced steadily, and the Pozzians were defeated. Darius III fled in rebellious rebellion, and the Macedonian army pursued them all the way to the west bank of the Eudyes, completely occupying the territory of the former Hatian kingdom.
As the Potts retreated to the west bank of the Eudy, a ruling vacuum was temporarily created in the Duc Plain, and the city of Salem under David Solomon and the city-states of Salem took the opportunity to proclaim the establishment of the Salem State. Alexander was already known as the Great of Macedon, and hearing the news did not stop David Solomon, but instead sent an envoy to canonize him as the king of Salem, which was the fulfillment of his first promise to Medanzo.
The defeated Darius III sent an envoy to Alexander begging for peace, offering to cede the lands west of the Eudyes to Macedonia and to pay a large war reparation. However, Alexander refused to negotiate peace, and he demanded the unconditional surrender of the Pozzians.
However, Alexander was not in a hurry to attack the hinterland of the Poz Empire, and after resting, the army moved south along the coastline, through the Syrian desert to Eju. Before arriving in Eju, Alexander also asked Medanzo to send a letter to Rod Dick, the contents of which Amon already knew.
The expansion of the Macedonian Empire, of course, was planned by Zeus and was guided by his oracles. But Alexander's promise to Medanzo and the god of Aegus was not what the Olympian gods such as Alena wanted.
Alexander led Medanzo on a campaign, but the annual oracle ceremony at Delphi, the holy land of Heaton, was still to be held. This is the fourth ceremony since the Macedonian occupation of Delphi, and according to Alexander's plan, when he returns smoothly with his army next time, he will reform the tradition of the oracle of Delphi, end the history of the temples standing alone, and build a main temple dedicated to Zeus, the father of the gods, and place the gods in the main temple to accompany the sacrifices, and the oracle of Delphi will be uniformly promulgated by this main temple.
But Alexander had not yet had time to return home to do this, and this year's Oracle of Delphi was still issued by the Temple of Apollo, and the city-states were to send representatives to offer sacrifices, and the messenger representing the city-states of Midori was Aesop.
Sacrifices were made to the gods, and the sacrifices were placed on the altar. But the gods do not take away the sacrifices that symbolize the surname, they only accept the prayers and praises of the world. The sacrifices of the city-states were given to the temple and enjoyed by the priests, including a large number of livestock, slaves, valuable vessels, and the most affordable of which was, of course, a large sum of money.
The "gifts" prepared by the city-state of Miduri, which had been the main business and had always been wealthy, were large sums of gold, which were collected by the city-states from the merchants of Midori and sent messengers on behalf of the city-state to the temples of Delphi to be dedicated to the holy land of Delphi.
How could Aesop, who believed in Amun, become an emissary of Miduri and offer sacrifices to the gods of Olympus on behalf of the city-state? This is related to the oracle of Hermes, the patron god of Miduri. The oracle gave Aesop a seemingly dilemma: as a citizen of Miduri, he had to do his duty, but how could he stand up for his faith in the face of the Olympian gods?
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(To be continued)